The old man in Hebei has taken root in Dashan for 16 years

Since the beginning of the summer, the greenery of Longshan in the north of Donghu Village, Wangguanying Town, Wangguanying, our district. At more than 5 am every day, Zhang Xing, a 74 -year -old man in Donghu Village, who lives here, wakes up on time and inspects the mountain forest with Bird Ming.

The cherry is full of red and full, apricot and plums have grown into table tennis size, apples, peaches, and walnuts are full of branches ... Zhang Xing admired the beauty of the mountain: "I used 16 years to turn the desert mountain into Green Ridge, and it was also Calculate the 'ecological debt' owed! "

Zhang Xing cut pruning in the orchard. (Photo confession in the respondent)

16 years ago, he was a well -known local rich man. In 1988, Zhang Xing set up the first local cement plant near Donghu Zhuang Village. After a few years, his cement plant developed to 5.

Zhang Xing's original cement plant. (Photo confession in the respondent)

The business is getting bigger and bigger, but there is something wrong with the body. In 2005, Zhang Xing was diagnosed with silicon lung disease. "The cement plant has been dusty everywhere, and my pocket is drum. The affected is the big guy. I thought that I couldn't do it like this." In the second year, Zhang Xing contracted the north of Donghu Dazhuang Village. Dark Mountain, determined to rule the mountains and green.

With a dozen villagers, Zhang Xing entered the mountain. By 2008, he had closed four cement plants one after another and gave the only one of the remaining family to environmental protection facilities, and handed it to his son to take care of it. I covered a few bungalows on the mountain, and the rolling cover lived with my wife.

"There is no water on the mountain. Every time there is rain in the forecast, Zhang Xing takes everyone to grab the planting." He Chun, a villager who planted the tree, recalled, "A bundle of more than 50 pounds of saplings, all of them go up with manpower, and go from the mountain to the mountain. One hour. The old man's lungs were not good, but he always took the lead. Sometimes we didn't know what he was drawing! "

Zhang Xing took the villagers to plant trees. (Photo confession in the respondent)

People live up to Qingshan, and Qingshan is not upset. In the past 16 years, Zhang Xing has invested more than 13 million yuan on the mountain, in exchange for more than 140,000 pine and cypress, and more than 60,000 fruit trees under the mountain. From the maturity of mulberry in spring to the tree in the autumn, the former deserted mountains have become "Huaguo Mountain", which attracts people around them to pick them up every year.

Earlier this year, Zhang Xing was completely shut down by the last cement plant that his son took care of. His son Zhang Haijun said: "My dad is old, I want to help him. I hope to make the mountains greener and make the fruit more.

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